They were crawling out of a piece of wood near the patio - swarms of them! My first thought was termites. But, they looked a little like ants and I, having never seen a termite before, chose to think positively and assume they were ants. So, I called Mr. Frisby to see what we had that I could spray them with to kill them. He suggested Round-Up. I wanted something closer to where I was, so I chose CLR. You know, the kitchen/bathroom cleaner. It killed them immediately and then our patio was littered with carcasses. When Mr. Frisby got home, he looked at them and decided they were not ants. So, we googled termites and found the above picture. And, that was exactly what was now all over our patio.
The Terminix man came yesterday to do the free inspection. He looked at our patio battlefield and confirmed our fears. He then went under the house and found evidence there as well. Fortunately, these termites are the subterranean variety so we don't have to have our house tented. But, the extermination process is still pricey. Can you guess where Mr. Frisby's bonus is going?
6 comments:
Sad! But lucky that the bonus came just at the right time, huh?
Hey! Those look exactly like the termites that showed up on our trip to Mexico. Maybe you can pretend you are using your bonus money on a trip to PV?
Really though, I'm very sorry, they're pretty gross. Hopefully there's not as many as we saw in PV. Also, we have a friend who has his own extermination company if in the future you'd like to meet him.
Sad. Termites bite. (See what I did there?)
It seems like that type of thing always happens when Matt gets a bonus (not bugs, but unexpected bills). So, as much as it stinks, I try to think about how it was a blessing that we got a bonus and didn't have to dig into savings.
Hope the extermination goes well!
Yuck Yuck Yuck. I'll buy some CLR just in case...
Now that is just one example of why I am hesitant to buy our own home. Too many random costly things can come up.
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